Romania’s government decriminalized some official misconduct and pardoned thousands of convicts late on Tuesday night, as citizens gathered to publicly protest the move, which is seen as a new obstacle in the fight...

Tens of thousands of Romanians took to the streets last night in Bucharest and other cities, protesting an emergency order that amends the Criminal Code so that penalties for certain crimes are reduced and corruption...

The EU’s inability to stop former European Commission and European Parliament members from becoming lobbyists helped boost populist political movements across Europe, a new Transparency International report claims. ...

The recent attack against several human rights defenders from the Youth Initiative of Human Rights of Serbia, a long time partner of Civil Rights Defenders, underscores the further deterioration of human rights in the country.

Although the UN Universal Periodic Review praised Lithuania for its commitment to gender equality and its efforts to combat domestic violence, its government was criticized for its reluctance to fight intolerance towards various social groups.

Full-face veils will soon be prohibited in public spaces in Austria, the ruling coalition has agreed. The rule, which will ban face coverings in such places as courts and schools, was given a mere two lines of text in...

Following US Presidents Trump's executive order to block entry into the the US for refugees and Muslims, we are calling for a protest of civil society! The protest will focus primarily on discrimination against...

In December, the Parliament announced restrictive limitations on the work of parliamentary correspondents. By mid-January, the limitations expanded to include media coverage of Constitutional Tribunal hearings.

Czech NGOs sent an open letter to the Supreme Court in January for its deliberation on whether voting rights should continue to be restricted for legally incapacitated people.

According to the 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index from Transparency International, 85 percent of the world's citizens live in a country ruled by a corrupt government. The 2016 edition of the annual report scored only...